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NY Minute: School scores coming today

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Jordan Clark works on a math problem during at North Broad Street Elementary School in Oneida early this year. Today, New York state is expected to release new test scores.
(Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Good morning. First things first: You have until Aug. 16 to register to vote if you want a voice in this year's primaries. Syracuse, I'm talking to you. That is, if you'd like to cast a vote in the Democratic Party primary for mayor.

The newly formed Moreland Commission -- a panel created to investigate political corruption -- have gone out. But a top commissioner won't say who the probes target or what information is being gathered.

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Cue the 1990s: Could the next New York City mayor be an FOC?
Many are also FOBs.

Waste not, want not. Some environmentalist groups are suing New York to stop a regulatory change that would allow dairy farmer to have more cows without a "waste management plan." The change came about at Cuomo's yogurt summit -- where some dairy farmers said they couldn't afford to add cows and jump on the yogurt bandwagon because of extra costs associated with more manure.

And speaking of waste -- a special education provider billed public schools an extra $640,000 in inappropriate costs, including $500,000 for bonuses.

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